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'04 FiLM BiTCH Awards
by Nathaniel R

Traditional Oscar categories: Majors / Technicals / Technicals 2 (Tally of Noms)
Special Categories: Extras / Extras 2 / Scenes 1 / Scenes 2 (Tally of Noms)

 

Best Original Score
the musicians are

Bad Education Alberto Iglesias Bernard homage is great fun	Birth Alexandre Desplat Haunting and original	I♥ Huckabees ( & Eternal Sunshine) Jon Brion best new composer	The Incredibles Michael Giachhino Appropriately exuberant	The Motorcycle Diaries Gustavo Santaolalla Latin goodness. Rich and melancholy.
Finalists: Young Adam -David Byrne * Hero Tan Dun * House of Flying Daggers -Shigeru Umebayashi * Semi Finalists: Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring -Ji Woong Park * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -John Williams * The Door in the Floor Marcelo Zarvos *

Best Original Song
at the top of the charts you'll find

"Old Habits Die Hard" Alfie Dave Stewart & Mick Jagger	"Lovers" House of Flying Daggers Kathleen Battle	"Million Voices " Hotel Rwanda Wyclef Jean	"Will the Sun Ever Shine Again" Home on the Range Bonnie Raitt	"Knock Yourself Out" I ♥ Huckabees Jon Brion

Best Sound Design
the aurally elevated are

The Aviator	Collateral	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	House of Flying Daggers	Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Finalists: The Incredibles * Ray * Semi Finalists: Hero * The Manchurian Candidate * Spider-Man 2 * The Bourne Supremacy *

Best Sound Effects Editing
the nominees are

The Aviator	The Incredibles	Spider-Man 2
Finalist: House of Flying Daggers * Semi Finalists: Hero * Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban * Sky Captain * Collateral * The Bourne Supremacy

Best Visual Effects
the "how'd they do that?" nominees are

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Spider-Man 2
Exactly the way more filmmakers should use f/x: to enchance and storytell rather than overpower the film	Both of these films justify their nominations under the heading "Most Improved" as well as just being plain old magical in context of the film with fun details and the appropriate "wow" factor when required.
Finalist: Sky Captain -technological advances but often fuzzy * The Incredibles -Pixar just gets better and better * Semi Finalists: The Aviator * Hero * House of Flying Daggers *

Best Make Up
they gave good face

The Aviator	Hellboy	The Passion of the Christ
Fun period hair and makeup work. Plus Hughes's scarring and general freakout creepiness.	Rick Baker is widely reknowned in this field. Hellboy is one of his finest creations.	Uncle! Enough with the floggings. But makeupwise, appropriately gruesome.
Finalist: Dawn of the Dead * Semi Finalists: Kill Bill, Volume 2 * Alexander * Being Julia * Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events * Kinsey *

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AWARDS TALLIES (Traditional Oscar category tallies)
These first two awards pages follow the traditional awards categories. So total nominations so far...
30 films represented in some way (so far) out of the 93 I saw from 2004.
19 categories ...I leave out Foreign Language since most of those Oscar submissions aren't available to the public and animated films since I only saw two this year (and don't believe in the category to begin with)

9 nominations
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

8 nominations
The Aviator

6 nominations
Vera Drake

5 nominations
House of Flying Daggers
I ♥ Huckabees
Sideways
Spider-Man 2

4 nominations
The Incredibles

3 nominations
Before Sunset
Birth
Collateral
Dogville
Kill Bill, Volume 2

2 nominations
Bad Education
Being Julia
Closer
The Door in the Floor
Hero

1 nomination
Alfie
De-Lovely
Garden State
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hellboy
Home on the Range
Hotel Rwanda
The Life Aquatic
Mean Girls
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Passion of the Christ

Traditional Oscar categories: Majors / Technicals / Technicals 2 (Tally of Noms)
Special Categories: Extras / Extras 2 / Scenes 1 / Scenes 2 (Tally of Noms)